It took a while to get out of Hayward yesterday but Granny and I were heading for Manitoba in the Ruby van by around 2:30 pm. It’s a nice drive that starts with heading up to Duluth, MN then we zigzag our way north towards the Canadian border. We pass through a bunch of neat … Read more
I’m excited to say Granny and I are leaving this afternoon to return to Gangler’s North Seal River Lodge in Manitoba. Once we get things caught up around the house today, we’ll drive to northern Minnesota and camp tonight. Tomorrow we’ll finish the drive to Winnipeg and stay the night by the airport and catch … Read more
The sun was out this morning here at Gangler’s Courage Lake Tundra Outpost. I had to get my dark Costas on immediately because my eyes weren’t ready for it. Before we went fishing we needed to tidy up some things and make sure most our stuff was packed. At 2 PM we had to be … Read more
We suspected before it was even a real day that today would be the day we finally made it to Courage Lake. At 1:15 am I woke up and looked outside. It was clear and the greenish beams of the Northern Lights were jumping. I woke Granny and we sped down to the Gangler’s Lodge … Read more
Well so much for the weather looking excellent for today here at Gangler’s. At around 5 AM it started again – rain. And it was heavy and though it stopped around 7 AM, we were socked in bad and it was evident we weren’t flying to Courage Lake in the tundra anytime soon. Granny … Read more
We awoke to the freshest air imaginable. Air quality rating was 1. One! Canada wildfire smoke got blown far south of Gangler’s North Seal River Lodge here in northern Manitoba overnight. Morning light crept through the windows of our cabin at 6 am and Granny and I were so excited to be flying to the … Read more
It’s been a fantastic little visit here in the Winnipeg, Manitoba area fly fishing for huge channel catfish on the Red River with my longtime pal Stu Thompson and camping at Bird Hill Park with Granny, but today the main reason for our Manitoba visit commenced. We are here to fish Gangler’s North Seal River … Read more
A long awaited trip commenced today. Granny and I began our journey to Gangler’s North Seal River Lodge in the far north of Manitoba. But we didn’t start by plane. I recently discovered that it’s a 7 hour drive from Hayward, Wisconsin to Winnipeg, Manitoba so we left a few days early in the Ruby … Read more
When you lose two days of fishing at an incredible place thanks to weather, you find yourself trying to cram more in on the days you do get. Shaun Lawson and I only get three of our five days up here at Gangler’s North Seal River Lodge in Manitoba but we made the best of … Read more
I never sleep well in the lands of the midnight sun. Some would say because it never gets dark as you can see from this picture I took when I was done rigging my rods earlier this morning at 1 AM. No doubt 24 hours of light can be exhausting. But it’s rather because I’m … Read more
It gets light in Thompson, Manitoba at around 4 AM. I was up and ready hoping the weather would permit us to fly north to Gangler’s North Seal River Lodge. At 5:15 our taxis arrived and eight of us headed back to the landing strip. But when we arrived there was thick fog and we … Read more